Marks, good on you. I kill all the coyotes I can too. I do remember hearing a presentation from a DWR biologist at a Quail Forever-sponsored seminar that mentioned that coyotes may have a positive impact on quail survival because they kill a lot of nest predators (foxes, raccoons, etc) and this outweighs the direct effect of coyote predation on quail (and presumably turkeys) and their nests. I think this must be what Brent is getting at. The reasons you gave for killing coyotes are valid and persuasive, at least to most of us. Good luck with the turkeys this year. They have eluded me thus far but the Virginia season is young!
